# π― RAG νλ₯΄μλ μ€μ μλ μμ
**μλ리μ€**: μ¬μ©μκ° LLM Engineerμκ² "70B λͺ¨λΈ μΆλ‘ μ΅μ ν" μ§λ¬Έ
---
## π μ€μ λν νλ¦
### 1. νλ₯΄μλ μ ν
```
User: "I need 410-llm-engineer"
System: Loading persona metadata (1KB)...
Loaded:
- Name: LLM Engineer
- Tools: [analyze_transformer, design_prompt, estimate_cost, ...]
- Knowledge Base: 410-llm-engineer/ (indexed: 50,000 chunks)
```
### 2. μ¬μ©μ μ§λ¬Έ
```
User: "I have a 70B parameter model (LLaMA-2-70B) and inference
latency is 8 seconds per request on A100 GPUs. How can I
optimize this to under 2 seconds?"
```
### 3. RAG κ²μ μ€ν
#### Step 3.1: Query μλ² λ©
```typescript
query = "optimize 70B model inference latency A100 GPU reduce 8s to 2s"
queryVector = await embeddingService.embedQuery(query)
// queryVector: [0.123, -0.456, 0.789, ...] (1024 dimensions)
```
#### Step 3.2: λ²‘ν° κ²μ (Top 20)
```typescript
candidates = await vectorStore.search(
queryVector,
personaId: "410-llm-engineer",
topK: 20
)
// κ²μ κ²°κ³Ό (similarity score κΈ°μ€)
[
{ content: "Flash Attention reduces memory by O(n)...", score: 0.94 },
{ content: "Multi-Query Attention (MQA) cuts KV cache by 8x...", score: 0.92 },
{ content: "Model parallelism for 70B models...", score: 0.90 },
{ content: "vLLM continuous batching technique...", score: 0.89 },
{ content: "INT8 quantization reduces size by 4x...", score: 0.87 },
... (15 more)
]
```
#### Step 3.3: Cohere Rerank (Top 5)
```typescript
reranked = await cohereClient.rerank({
query: userQuery,
documents: candidates.map(c => c.content),
topN: 5,
model: 'rerank-english-v3.0'
})
// μ¬μμν κ²°κ³Ό (relevance score)
[
{
content: "Flash Attention reduces memory from O(nΒ²) to O(n)...",
relevance: 0.96,
source: "transformer-architectures.md#flash-attention"
},
{
content: "Multi-Query Attention (MQA): For LLaMA-2-70B with 64 heads...",
relevance: 0.93,
source: "model-optimization.md#mqa"
},
{
content: "Case Study: Meta reduced LLaMA-2-70B latency from 9s to 1.8s...",
relevance: 0.91,
source: "case-studies/llama-optimization.md"
},
{
content: "vLLM PagedAttention enables 2x higher throughput...",
relevance: 0.88,
source: "deployment-strategies.md#vllm"
},
{
content: "A100 GPU optimizations: Enable TF32, use CUDA graphs...",
relevance: 0.85,
source: "best-practices/gpu-optimization.md"
}
]
```
### 4. Context ꡬμ±
```markdown
# Retrieved Expert Knowledge (Relevance: 96%-85%)
## Source 1: Flash Attention Implementation (Relevance: 96%)
From: transformer-architectures.md#flash-attention
Flash Attention reduces memory complexity from O(nΒ²) to O(n) by:
1. Never materializing the full attention matrix
2. Computing attention in blocks
3. Recomputing attention on-the-fly during backward pass
For LLaMA-2-70B (80 layers, 64 heads, d_k=128):
- Standard attention: 64 MB per layer Γ 80 = 5.1 GB
- Flash Attention: No attention matrix stored
Implementation:
```python
from flash_attn import flash_attn_func
# Drop-in replacement for standard attention
output = flash_attn_func(Q, K, V, causal=True)
# β 2-4x faster, same accuracy
```
Benchmark (A100, seq_len=2048):
- Standard: 71ms per layer
- Flash: 19ms per layer (3.7x speedup)
## Source 2: Multi-Query Attention for KV Cache Reduction (Relevance: 93%)
From: model-optimization.md#multi-query-attention
LLaMA-2-70B KV cache bottleneck:
- Standard: 64 heads Γ 2 (K,V) Γ 4096 tokens Γ 128 dim Γ 2 bytes = 64 MB/layer
- Total: 64 MB Γ 80 layers = 5.1 GB per request
Multi-Query Attention (MQA) solution:
- Share K, V across all heads (only Q is multi-head)
- KV cache: 2 (K,V) Γ 4096 tokens Γ 128 dim Γ 2 bytes = 1 MB/layer
- Total: 80 MB (8x reduction!)
Trade-off: ~2% quality degradation, but enables:
- 8x larger batch sizes
- 3x faster inference (memory bandwidth limited)
Models using MQA: PaLM, Falcon-40B, StarCoder
## Source 3: Meta's LLaMA-2-70B Optimization Case Study (Relevance: 91%)
From: case-studies/llama-optimization.md
Meta AI reduced LLaMA-2-70B latency from 9s to 1.8s (5x improvement):
Optimizations applied:
1. **FlashAttention-2**: 3.8x speedup on attention
2. **Grouped-Query Attention (GQA)**: 4x KV cache reduction
3. **FP16 mixed precision**: 1.8x overall speedup
4. **CUDA graphs**: 15% latency reduction
5. **Continuous batching** (vLLM): 2x throughput
Hardware: 4Γ A100 80GB with tensor parallelism
Final configuration:
- Attention: FlashAttention-2 + GQA (8 groups)
- Precision: FP16 with dynamic loss scaling
- Parallelism: Tensor parallel (4-way) + pipeline parallel (2-way)
- Framework: vLLM 0.2.1
Result: 1.8s latency @ batch_size=1, 120 tokens/sec throughput
## Source 4: vLLM PagedAttention (Relevance: 88%)
From: deployment-strategies.md#vllm
vLLM's PagedAttention manages KV cache like OS memory paging:
Problem: Standard servers waste 60-80% memory on fragmentation
Solution: Break KV cache into blocks, allocate dynamically
Benefits for LLaMA-2-70B:
- 2x higher throughput (same hardware)
- Supports variable-length inputs efficiently
- Near-zero waste from padding
Installation:
```bash
pip install vllm
```
Usage:
```python
from vllm import LLM
llm = LLM(
model="meta-llama/Llama-2-70b-hf",
tensor_parallel_size=4,
dtype="float16"
)
outputs = llm.generate(prompts, max_tokens=512)
# β Automatically uses PagedAttention + continuous batching
```
## Source 5: A100 GPU Optimization Best Practices (Relevance: 85%)
From: best-practices/gpu-optimization.md
A100-specific optimizations:
1. **Enable TF32** (Tensor Float 32):
```python
torch.backends.cuda.matmul.allow_tf32 = True
torch.backends.cudnn.allow_tf32 = True
# β 8x faster matmul, <0.5% accuracy loss
```
2. **Use CUDA Graphs** (static computation graph):
```python
from torch.cuda import CUDAGraph
g = CUDAGraph()
with torch.cuda.graph(g):
output = model(input)
g.replay() # 10-15% faster
```
3. **Optimize Memory Layout**:
- Use channels_last format: `x = x.to(memory_format=torch.channels_last)`
- Fuse operations: `torch.compile()` with torch 2.0+
4. **Pin Memory**:
```python
dataloader = DataLoader(..., pin_memory=True)
# β Faster CPU-GPU transfer
```
Expected impact: 15-20% overall speedup
```
### 5. LLM μλ΅ μμ±
**System Prompt**:
```
You are a World-Class+ LLM Engineer with deep expertise in transformer
optimization and production deployment.
You have access to the following expert knowledge retrieved specifically
for this query: [5 chunks above]
Use this knowledge to provide a comprehensive, actionable answer.
```
**User Query**: (λμΌ)
**LLM Response**:
```markdown
Based on your setup (LLaMA-2-70B, A100 GPUs, 8sβ2s target), here's a
comprehensive optimization strategy:
## Immediate Actions (Will get you to ~2s)
### 1. Deploy with vLLM + FlashAttention-2 β
CRITICAL
```bash
pip install vllm flash-attn --no-build-isolation
```
```python
from vllm import LLM
llm = LLM(
model="meta-llama/Llama-2-70b-hf",
tensor_parallel_size=4, # Assuming 4Γ A100
dtype="float16",
max_model_len=4096,
gpu_memory_utilization=0.95
)
```
**Expected improvement**: 8s β 2.5s (3.2x speedup)
- FlashAttention-2: 3.8x faster attention
- vLLM PagedAttention: 2x better memory utilization
- Continuous batching: Handles multiple requests efficiently
### 2. Enable A100-Specific Optimizations
```python
import torch
torch.backends.cuda.matmul.allow_tf32 = True
torch.backends.cudnn.allow_tf32 = True
```
**Expected improvement**: 2.5s β 2.1s (15% faster matmul)
### 3. Use CUDA Graphs (if batch size is fixed)
```python
llm = LLM(..., enforce_eager=False) # Enable CUDA graphs
```
**Expected improvement**: 2.1s β 1.8s (15% less overhead)
## Medium-Term (1-2 weeks, requires model changes)
### 4. Apply Grouped-Query Attention (GQA)
Convert LLaMA-2-70B to use GQA (8 groups instead of 64 heads):
- KV cache: 64 MB β 8 MB per layer (8x reduction)
- Enables larger batch sizes or longer contexts
- Quality: <2% degradation (Meta's numbers)
**Tool**: Use HuggingFace `convert_llama_to_gqa.py` script
### 5. Quantize to INT8 (if quality allows)
```python
llm = LLM(..., quantization="int8")
```
**Trade-offs**:
- Latency: 1.8s β 1.2s (1.5x faster)
- Memory: 140 GB β 35 GB (4x reduction)
- Quality: ~3-5% degradation
## Validation Steps
1. **Benchmark baseline**: `python benchmark_vllm.py --model llama-2-70b`
2. **Apply optimizations incrementally**: Measure each change
3. **Quality check**: Run evaluation suite (MMLU, HumanEval, etc.)
4. **Load test**: Ensure performance holds under concurrent requests
## Expected Final Result
Configuration: vLLM + FlashAttention-2 + TF32 + CUDA graphs
- Latency: **1.8-2.0s** (4-4.4x improvement) β
Target achieved
- Throughput: 55-60 tokens/sec
- Memory: 75-80 GB (comfortably fits 4Γ A100 80GB)
## Troubleshooting
If still >2s:
1. Check GPU utilization: `nvidia-smi dmon -i 0`
2. Profile bottlenecks: `nsys profile python inference.py`
3. Verify FlashAttention is active: Look for "Using FlashAttention" in logs
4. Consider model parallelism: Tensor parallel (4-way) + pipeline parallel (2-way)
Let me know if you need help with any specific step!
```
---
## π ν ν° μ¬μ© λΉκ΅
### Without RAG (μ 체 λ‘λ)
```
System Prompt: 2K tokens
Full Persona (transformer-architectures.md full text): 50K tokens
Full Model-optimization.md: 40K tokens
Full Case-studies: 30K tokens
User Query: 50 tokens
ββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββ
Total Input: 122K tokens
Cost (Claude Sonnet): 122K Γ $3/M = $0.366
```
### With RAG (κ²μλ 5κ° μ²ν¬)
```
System Prompt: 2K tokens
Retrieved Knowledge (5 chunks): 3K tokens
User Query: 50 tokens
ββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββ
Total Input: 5.05K tokens
Cost (Claude Sonnet): 5.05K Γ $3/M = $0.015
Savings: 96% tokens, 96% cost
```
---
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---
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metadata:
source: "transformer-architectures.md#flash-attention"
category: "optimization"
difficulty: "advanced"
model_applicable: ["llama", "gpt", "palm"]
```
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1. research-papers/attention-is-all-you-need-summary.md
2. transformer-architectures.md#original-paper
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---
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